Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Military air facility in Savannah, United States.
Coast Guard Air Station Savannah is a United States Coast Guard air station at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia. Its crews fly search-and-rescue coverage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, over 450 miles of shoreline from the northern South Carolina border to Melbourne, Florida, averaging more than 250 cases a year. Missions also cover marine safety, environmental protection, fisheries enforcement, aids to navigation, migrant and drug interdiction, and defense readiness, with aviation detachments deployed aboard Coast Guard cutters.
CGAS Savannah was commissioned in the summer of 1963 at what was then Hunter Air Force Base, which became Hunter Army Airfield in 1967. In 1964 the Coast Guard's original Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard Basic Operational Training Unit was established here, forerunner of the specialized aviator training program now at the Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama.
The station's HH-52A Seaguard Basic Operational Training Unit, set up in 1964, was the forerunner of the Coast Guard's specialised aviator training programme, now at the Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama. Many of the station's missions also require aviation detachments to deploy aboard Coast Guard cutters.
The station is located at 1297 North Lightning Road in Savannah and operates continuously throughout the day and night. Those interested in visiting should contact the facility directly to arrange access or learn about viewing opportunities.
In 1964 the Coast Guard's first Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard Basic Operational Training Unit was set up at Savannah; it was the forerunner of the service's specialised aviator training programme now based in Mobile, Alabama.
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